WBB: NESCAC

[ronk]

amh63 - I'm hoping he'll discuss why Amherst & Scranton can't arrange to play each other.    They r both @ Las Vegas in Dec and
    it would have been a good opportunity to see my 5 prospects(4 for Amherst  ) play against each other.

[amh63]

ronk....guess our favorite teams will just have to meet in the post season .  If they do somewhere on the east coast in the post season....we should plan to go together.  How's that for being optimistic!

[ronk]

 Optimistic and realistic. Pat Coleman said D3hoops tried to get them to play each other in Vegas; somehow it didn't work out.

[amh63]

Amherst gets a double digit win over ranked Ithaca tonight at Amherst.  Hanna Fox led the way and joined the 1000 pt club.  Amherst now has TWO members in the 1K club on the team...both starting guards .

[ronk]

 7 of my prospects in this game(Amherst - 3 starters/1 reserve, Ithaca - 2 starters/1 reserve); thought it would be good game.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Down goes Amherst.  Andy Yosinoff was literally dancing on the sidelines.  This is not your typical d3 wbb season.

[Rofrog]

Lol why is that Ryan

[gordonmann]

Congrats to Tufts on returning to the No. 1 spot. It's the third time they've had the top ranking.

https://www.d3hoops.com/top25/women/2019-20/week3

Bowdoin moves up, Amherst moves down and Williams gets some love, too.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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[amh63]

Watched the Amherst's games in Ca.  Chapman was the host for both games.  In the first game, the host broadcast of the game was strange.....Amherst stats/scores were listed as the opponent!!.  I watched but avoided the stats.
Then 2nd game against the host team had it's strange twists and turns in my bias opinion.  Chapman's coach would sub players throughout the game in groups...to confuse Amherst players??.  The Amherst fans/supporters were very vocal wrt the rough play allowed by the refs against Amherst.  Yes, watching online, there were also a number of questionable calls by the refs...that brought Amherst's fans to their feet and vocal challenges.  Amherst's coaches called a number of timeouts to make adjustments late in the 2nd half.  Amherst got the lead late in the game and iced the game on two clutch foul shots.

[ronk]

 From the boxscore of the Chapman game, Hannah Fox had an abnormally unproductive offensive game for her. Haven't seen her stopped by anyone previously. I would suspect "under the weather" but she did play 34 mins.

[gordonmann]

There are a handful of teams that substitute five at a time. The "System" teams (Grinnell, Greenville men) regularly do that. So do a few other teams (Brockport, John Carroll). Maybe Chapman does the same thing. I think it's less about confusing the opponent and more about maintaining energy for a frenetic style.

[ronk]

 Amh63,
  Looks like Maggie Shipley joined the 3 seniors as Amherst starters and former prospects of mine; only the Cal player(Resch) was not known to me previously. Since Shipley is from Northern VA, her start today may have been a territorial choice with the game "nearby" in NJ.

[amh63]

ronk......based on Shipley's performance, she has found a spot on the rotation.  The announcer pointed out that she played point guard at Yorktown.  Her size helps her rebound the ball.  She is the replacement for the present Sr all-American point guard next year, IMO.   
The announcer for Stevens was great....but made the same roster error that you made wrt to Eck on the game in Pa.  Reach is a talent.  She is athletic and can shoot the three ball.....and play defense.

[deiscanton]

Watching Tufts vs SUNY Poly on live video stream--

At Halftime, Cailin Harrington still to get to the FT line.

She needs to go 3-3 from the line in the second half to officially stay tied with NYU's Brooklyn Shelton at #1 in FT percentage.  Otherwise, Harrington will dip below the mandatory average of at least 2.5 ppg scored from the charity stripe that is needed to be ranked nationally.

Final-- Tufts defeated SUNY Poly.  Cailin Harrington 0-0 from the FT line for the second straight game, putting her out of the NCAA rankings for best FT percentage.  She will need to go 6-6 from the line Wednesday to get back into the NCAA rankings before NESCAC play begins.